Actors and comedians who went into politics

In 2001, playwright Arthur Miller gave the Jefferson Lecture on 'Politics and the art of acting,' in which he discussed how politicians all over the world had become actors. He said: "To be credible the man who acts as President must hold in himself an element of potential dangerousness. Something similar is required in a real star actor." President Ronald Reagan, a former Hollywood star who was the 40th incumbent of the White House, put it more simply: "How can a president not be an actor?". In November 2015, Will Smith became the latest actor to announce that he is interested in a future career in politics, we look at the actors and comedians who have become politicians – or wanted to – including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Glenda Jackson and Clint Eastwood.